Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

A 5 page paper which examines the relationship between Connie Chatterley and Oliver Mellors in D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” The paper focuses on how the relationship is a reflection of a healing world following war. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 7 page research paper that contrasts and compares the topic of heroism in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The writer concludes that by the time that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was recorded, the cultural paradigm had changed from one stresses the warrior ethos to a Christian perspective. No longer ...

A 10 page paper which summarizes J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” No additional source cited.

This 7 page paper discusses two plays of Ben Jonson: Volpone and The Alchemist. Both are analyzed for examples of 'overreaching' by the main characters which proves to bring about their undoing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that examine how those outside of the setting of Thornfield (Rochester's estate) provide the impetus for Jane's final maturation into a woman strong enough to marry and not lose herself in her love for her husband. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 4 page paper discussing “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African” and the inconsistent details within the narrative which make the reader question the identity of the author. “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African” was written in ...

A 5 page paper which examines Conrad’s character Kurtz, in “Heart of Darkness,” discussing how he is seen as a universal genius as well as a hollow man. No additional sources cited.

5 pages in length. Time is the administrator of all existence, and it is with this immense thought that one can readily associate postcolonial fiction with the notion of perception and awareness. The role and expression of these literary creations may give the appearance of being abstract and unrelated to the realism that ...

A four page paper which looks at the different ways in which authorial and character voice is used in three texts, Wieland, The Coquette and Uncle Tom's Cabin. The paper considers the use of the epistolatory narrative and dialogue as well as the way that ventriloquism is used for propagandist purposes in Wieland. Bibliography lists ...

An eight page paper which considers the role of Charlotte in Charlotte's Web and Billina in Ozma of Oz, in terms of their relationship to the main characters and the function of subordinate characters in the hero-quest narrative.

A 5 page paper which examines the life and works of Joseph Conrad. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses and analyzes the character of Kurtz. His character is analyzed for metaphor, symbolism, and theme. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the short story by Joseph Conrad. Symbolism, imagery, theme and other literary elements analyzed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper gives a detailed overview of Virginia Woolf's life, as well as giving an analysis of how her life's experiences are depicted in her literary works. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the use of satire in Jonathan Swift’s novel “Gulliver’s Travels.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 4 page critical analysis of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” reveals a 14th century character and tale of a woman considered as one of the first feminists. The Wife of Bath is portrayed as an independent woman who, having been widowed five ...

This is a 4 page paper discussing language and style used in passages from Jules Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1873) and Paul Theroux’s “The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia” (1977). A comparison of travel logs while in the city of Bombay as described in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in ...

A paper which considers the differences between the lifestyles and human societies described in Beowulf and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, with particular reference to the importance of community structure in the former and the greater social diversity in the latter. Bibliography lists 2 sources

A 5 page essay that analyzes John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale." In this work, Keats describes how the bird's song inspires him both philosophically and creatively. It is a lyric meditation that concerns itself just as much with the poet's inner turmoil as it does with the nightingale's musicality. Keats wishes to escape ...

A paper which considers the role of poetry in relation to high and low culture, and looks at the importance of structure in Eliot, Yeats, and Crozier's poetry and Eminem's lyrics. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the turning of a person into a monster, as well as the statements made about technology, nature, and the soul of man. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A paper which considers the characters and plot of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, with particular reference to the accuracy of her commentary on the social and economic position of women at the time. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A paper which looks at 'Dracula' from the perspective of Bram Stoker's cultural and ethnic background, and in particular the interaction between traditional views of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon cultures as exemplified in the text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that examines Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Woolf once wrote in her diary "One stable moment vanquishes chaos." In this novel, two characters -- James Ramsey and Lily Briscoe -- have such a moment near the end of the work. This one illuminating moment, for each character, ties up the past and ...

A paper which looks at the meeting between Owen and Sassoon at Craiglockert, the circumstances behind their being sent to the hospital, and the influence which Sassoon had on Owen's perspective on the war and the development of his writing. Bibliography lists 6 sources